Charlotte – I think this kind of book is an intriguing read for people studying the craft of writing, because he is marvellous at creating a focused plotline and at making the clearly-defined qualities of his characters responsible for what occurs.

The upshot of all this is that if Congress legislates some new detention standard now, it will actually take a lot longer to get a clearly-defined and binding law that guides the government than it would if Congress just let the courts continue to play the role they're supposed to: deciding the legality of government detention.